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railroad brake systems

...slip under heavy braking. On European cars designed for operation at 200 km (125 miles) per hour or more, and on Japanese Shinkansen train-sets, disc braking of wheel sets is supplemented by fitting
electromagnetic track brakes to car trucks. Activated at the start of deceleration from high speed, these retard by the frictional resistance generated when bar magnets are lowered into contact with...